October Wrap-Up

October 31, 2012

October has been an amazing month for Books and Reviews and I have to thank you all for your visits, your Likes and the great comments you leave on every post. THANK YOU 🙂

Now, let me explain. In 2012 I took a more serious approach to blogging and that meant posting more regularly and being an active part of the community. I have met great new friends, have engaged in very interesting and enriching discussions and have subscribed via Google Reader to some wonderful blogs. But, all this involvement had its rewards too: visits have increased monthly during the last year, from 1000 in January to 1700 this very month and coming from all over the world. Of course, this not only means more people interested on the blog and my views, but also an opening of new horizons with new opinions and new recommendations for me. And it all adds to a constant improvement both personal and professional.

This month I posted more than usual because I felt the need to share more things with you. I participated in 3 Top Ten Tuesday lists.

I hope to keep this pace both writing and reviewing books. But beware! Christmas are round the corner and I’m Christmas spirit herself. Soon, the blog will have Christmasy posts and pictures around. Are you as excited as I am?

Wow, congratulations on 200 posts! That’s a great milestone. Looking forward to the Christmas posts. I was just thinking the other day whether I wanted to try any Christmasy reading this year. (Which I would always say yes, except I’m not sure I’ll get my books in progress done first! Maybe…)

Thanks, Amanda! I’m so, so proud of working hard on this blog, it really pays off.

I have never ever done any Christmasy reading, but I did read Wuthering Heights two years ago and somehow thought of it as “wintery”. I really, really, have to read Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Have you read it?

Yes, I’ve read it twice. (Although not in a long time!) It’s not too long, which makes it easier to read during the Christmas season. A definite Holiday favorite! I’d like to try some of Dickens’s other Christmas stories as well sometime.

When we were little my mom had an illustrated book “A Story a Day ‘Til Christmas” which had all sorts of seasonal children’s stories, some well-known (“The Night Before Christmas”), others not. I still like to pick it up sometimes! 🙂